Vancouver Whitecaps’ Theo Bair (50) reacts after Vancouver missed a scoring chance against Sporting Kansas City during the second half of an MLS soccer game in Vancouver, on Saturday, July 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Whitecaps’ spiral continues with 3-0 loss to Sporting KC

Gerso Fernandes played a role in all three goals as Sporting Kansas City used a 3-0 victory to hand the Whitecaps their third consecutive Major League Soccer loss Saturday night. Vancouver has been outscored 10-1 over that stretch.

Fernandes, who goes by the lone name Gerso, scored in the 91st minute and set up an own goal that went off the foot of Whitecaps’ defender Ali Adnan in the first half. He also assisted on forward Felipe Gutierrez’s goal in the 56th minute.

Vancouver forward Yordy Reyna gave the crowd of 18,700 at BC Place Stadium something to cheer about when he hit the post on a free kick in the 75th minute.

Forward Theo Bair, a 19-year-old Ottawa native who spent three years playing for the Whitecaps’ development academy, made his first MLS start for Vancouver. He had a good scoring chance in the 50th minute but his shot went wide. A frustrated Bair put his hands on his head and looked skyward.

Gerso’s goal late in the game came off a shot that went through a maze of players.

MacMath had to look sharp in the 12th minute when he went to his knees to block a free kick from just outside the box by Gutierrez.

The Whitecaps began forcing the play late in the opening half. In the 43rd minute Reyna took a right-footed shot from outside the box that Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia saved in the bottom right corner.

Forward Hwang Inbeom came close early in the second half when Melia had to make a diving save off a rocket of a free kick.

NOTES: Former Whitecap Alphonso Davies, who spent this season playing for Bayern Munich, attended the game and received a loud cheer from the crowd when shown on the big screen …. Forward Fredy Montero, who leads Vancouver with six goals, missed the game due to a red card picked up in the loss to LAFC. … If the Whitecaps qualify for the next round of the Canadian Championships, they will play 15 games over July and August. … The Whitecaps leave early Monday morning for a game Wednesday against New England.